April 18, 2023
The Eighth Circuit won't let R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. have an en banc rehearing after a panel of judges upheld a Minnesota city's ban on flavored vape products, which the tobacco company had argued is clearly preempted by federal statute.
March 14, 2023
A Minnesota city's ban on flavored vape products is clearly preempted by federal statute, according to the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., which has asked for an en banc rehearing after an Eighth Circuit panel upheld the local law last month.
February 27, 2023
The Eighth Circuit on Monday upheld a ban by a Minnesota city on sales of flavored tobacco, finding in an appeal brought by R.J. Reynolds that the prohibition on sales of tobacco flavors like vanilla or mint isn't blocked by federal law.
March 22, 2022
A Minnesota city that wants to ban sales of flavored vape tobacco products urged the Eighth Circuit to consider another circuit's recent 2-1 decision affirming a municipality's rights to block such sales while R.J. Reynolds pressed the judges to focus on that case's dissent instead.
December 03, 2020
More than two dozen nonprofit health groups have urged the Eighth Circuit to uphold a Minnesota city's ban on flavored tobacco products, saying a lower court rightly rejected R.J. Reynolds' claims that the measure usurped the federal government's regulatory powers.
October 30, 2020
The town of Edina, Minnesota, had no business banning the sale of flavored tobacco products because the products are regulated by federal law, R.J. Reynolds told the Eighth Circuit on Thursday in a bid to appeal a ruling that tossed the tobacco giant's challenge to the ban.